Christian Damböck

I am director of the research project 'Wilhelm Dilthey and Rudolf Carnap. A Historical and Systematic Study', FWF research grant P24615 ('Selbstantragstellung') . The project is located at the Institute Vienna Circle and is expected to run from April 2012 until March 2015. I am also lecturer at the Philosophical Institute (both institutes are located at the University of Vienna).

research interests

my research interests are situated both at the historical and the systematic level, with the inclusion of formal methods: methodological questions in philosophy and philosophy of science; history of philosophy and philosophy of science in the 19th and 20th century in central Europe; formal epistemology; philosophical logic; history and philosophy of logic; philosophy of the humanities; philosophy of mind; philosophy of language; theories of vagueness; the philosophies of Dilthey, Carnap, Kuhn and Stegmüller.

publications (abstracts, presentations, etc. are listed here)

[6] 'Theory Structuralism in a Rigid Framework', Synthese, DOI: 10.1007/s11229-011-0009-3. [local pdf] [springer link]
[5] 'Wilhelm Diltheys empirische Philosophie und der rezente Methodenstreit in der analytischen Philosophie', in: Grazer Philosophische Studien 85, 2012, forthcoming. [local pdf]
[4] 'Rudolf Carnap and Wilhelm Dilthey: "German" Empiricism in the Aufbau', in: Richard Creath (ed.): Carnap and the Legacy of Logical Empiricism, Institute Vienna Circle Yearbook, 2012, 75-96. [pdf]
[3] 'Induktive Logik bei Rudolf Carnap und bei Wolfgang Stegmüller', in: Friedlich Stadler (ed.): Vertreibung, Transformation und Rückkehr der Wissenschaftstheorie. Am Beispiel von Rudolf Carnap und Wolfgang Stegmüller. Wien, Berlin: Lit Verlag (2010), 371-392. [pdf]
[2] 'Wolfgang Stegmüller und die "kontinentale Tradition": zur Entstehung und Konzeption der "Hauptströmungen der Gegenwartsphilosophie"', in: Friedlich Stadler (ed.): Vertreibung, Transformation und Rückkehr der Wissenschaftstheorie. Am Beispiel von Rudolf Carnap und Wolfgang Stegmüller. Wien, Berlin: Lit Verlag (2010), 253-270. [pdf]
[1] 'Philosophical Logic in a Framework of Propositional Logic', in: Logique et Analyse 205 (2009), 21-37. [pdf]

editorial work

[1] Der Wiener Kreis. Ausgewählte Texte. Herausgegeben und kommentiert von Christian Damböck, Stuttgart: Reclam, 2012, to appear.

submitted

[2] "Rigid Logic as a Framework for the Empirical Sciences". [pdf]
[1] "Progress Without Truth: A Reflection of Formal Epistemology". [pdf]

under preparation

[6] "'Reduction' Between Incommensurable Theories in a Rigid Structuralist Framework". [draft version]
[5] "'Caught in the Middle'. Philosophy of Science between the Historical Turn and Formal Philosophy as Illustrated by the Program of 'Kuhn Sneedified'". [draft version]
[4] "A Hermeneutic Conception of Vagueness". [draft version]
[3] "A Systematic Reconsideration of Logical Empiricism". [draft version]
[2] "How Purely Structural an Aufbau-like System may be". [draft version]
[1] A book on Carnap and Dilthey. Here is an early draft of some parts from May 2010.

book manuscripts

[4] Formale Rahmenwerke. My lecture notes on non-classical logic.
[3] Schauplätze der Rationalität. This book manuscript from 2009 was my final and unsuccessful attempt to escape analytic philosophy. However, I still think that there are some nice ideas formulated in this text.
[2] Semantische Strategien. Philosophische Logik vor dem Hintergrund von Endlichkeit und Starrheit. My PhD thesis from 2005.
[1] Bedeutungstheorie. My master thesis from 1998.

courses

[11] summer-term 2012: 'Lektüre-Proseminar: Philosophie und Logik. Rudolf Carnap: Der Logische Aufbau der Welt'
[10] winter-term 2011-12: 'Vorlesung: Modallogik und Philosophische Logiken' (gemeinsam mit Prof. Ramharter)
[9] summer-term 2011: 'Vorlesung: Philosophische Logiken'.
[8] winter-term 2010-11: 'Lektüre-Proseminar: Ausgewählte Texte zur Philosophie des Wiener Kreises'.
[7] summer-term 2010: 'Lektüre-Proseminar: Logik und Philosophie. Klassische Texte der analytischen Philosophie'.
[6] winter-term 2009-10: 'Vorlesung: Philosophische Logik'.
[5] summer-term 2009: 'Seminar: Logik und klassische philosophische Texte'.
[4] winter-term 2008-09: 'Seminar: Hegel und die analytische Philosophie'.
[3] summer-term 2008: 'Übung: Logik - Übungen und klassische Texte'.
[2] winter-term 2007-08: 'Vorlesung: "Normative" Wissenschaftstheorie vom Wiener Kreis bis zur Stegmüller-Schule'.
[1] winter-term 2006-07: 'Proseminar: Philosophische Gesichtspunkte der Logik'.

cv

[6] 04.2012-03.2015: Director of the research project 'Wilhelm Dilthey and Rudolf Carnap. A Historical and Systematic Study', FWF research grant P24615 (located at the Institute Vienna Circle).
[5] Since 2006: external lecturer at the Philosophical Institute, University of Vienna. Taught courses on logic, philosophy of science, analytic philosophy, and the philosophy of the Vienna Circle.
[4] Since 2004: Co-organizer of the weakly discussion group 'Wissenschaftsphilosophisches Kolloquium', at the Institute Vienna Circle .
[3] From 09.2002 to 09.2011: project worker in several research projects, all funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), directed by Friedrich Stadler, and located at the Institute Vienna Circle. These projects are: (1) the 'Moritz Schlick Edition Project' (P15509 2002-2005, P18596 2006-2009); (2) the 'Carnap Stegmüller Project', (P18066 04.2005-09.2009); (3) "History of Science and/or Philosophy of Science?" (P21750 08.2009-09.2011).
[2] Between 1999 and 2002: work as a free-lancer (full-time) in adult education (mathematics, computer science).
[1] Studied Philosophy in Vienna with added focuses on mathematics and history. MA 1998, master thesis: 'Bedeutungstheorie' ('new theory of reference', Kripke, Putnam). PhD 10.2005, dissertation 'Semantische Strategien. Philosophische Logik vor dem Hintergrund von Endlichkeit und Starrheit', supervised by Erhard Oeser and Sy David Friedman, both University of Vienna.

links

- Wissenschaftsphilosophisches Kolloquium (our discussion group at the Institute Vienna Circle)
- Wissenschaftsphilosophisches Kolloquium Tübingen (the Siamese twin of our colloquium)

- Logik Café (a logic discussion group at the Philosophical Institute, University of Vienna)

last update:  Tuesday, 24-Apr-2012 06:37:28 CEST